The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

View post: Shock Tie Win at the Oscars — The Seventh in Its History A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden tools ...

One of the most outstanding messengers in ancient history was Euchid, who gained fame for his journey following the Battle of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fungi may have been Earth’s first ecosystem engineers, thriving more than a billion years ago. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Fungi live ...

The popular history docuseries Ancient Aliens: Origins returns to the History Channel with its season two premiere Monday, Oct. 6 at 8/7c. During the season two premiere episode, viewers will travel ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the Nile, this enormous temple complex was once considered to be the spiritual ...

Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names. Body parts would probably have been one of the first things that ancient peoples gave names to, so not only do we find hundreds of ...